University of the State of New York 


Extension Bulletin 

No. 14 September 1896 


CLASS LIST 

OF A 

$500 LIBRARY RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOOLS 



Editor’s note. 

General reference books.. 

Cyclopedias. 

Psychology and ethics.. 

Mythology.. 

Sociology. 

Education .. 

Self culture. 

Legends and fairy tales. 

Dictionaries and synonyms. 

Science.. 

General... 

Astronomy.... 

Physics and electricity .. 

Chemistry... 

Geology and physical geography 
Biology, botany and zoology 

Physiology and hygiene. 

Business. 

Art and sports... 

Literature.. 

Histories and compendiums. 

American poetry. 

American essays and miscellany. 


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English literature. 

English poetry and drama... 
English essays and miscellany 
German and classic literature . 

Fiction —. . 

History. 

General. 

Travel. 

General. 

Atlases and gazetteers. 

Antiquities... 

Europe. 

Asia... 

Africa... 

America .. 

Arctic regions.. 

Biography. 

Collective. 

Individual. 

Ancient history. ; . 

History of Europe and Asia.... 

History of America. 

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Regents 

SEPTEMBER 1896 


Anson Judd Upson, D. D., LL. D., L. H. D., Chancellor 
William Croswell Doane, D. D., LL. D., Vice-Chancellor 
Levi P. Morton, LL. D., Governor 
Charles T. Saxton, LL. D., Lieutenant-Governor 
John Palmer, Secretary of State 
Charles R. Skinner, M. A., LL. D., Sup’t Pub. Inst 


► Ex officio 


In order of election by the legislature 

ELECTED 

1873 Martin I. Townsend, M. A., LL. D. 

1874 Anson Judd Upson, D. D., LL. D., L. H. D. 

1876 William L. Bostwick, M. A. - 

1877 Chauncey M. Depew, LL. D. 

X877 Charles E. Fitch, LL. B., M. A., L. H. D. 

1877 Orris H. Warren, D. D. - 

1878 Whitelaw Reid, LL. D. - 

1881 William H. Watson, M. A ., M. D. - - 

1881 Henry E. Turner - 

1883 St Clair McKelway, LL. D. 

1885 Hamilton Harris, Ph. D., LL. D. - 
1885 Daniel Beach, Ph. D., LL. D. - - - 

1888 Carroll E. Smith, LL. D. - - - 

1890 Pliny T. Sexton, LL. D. - - 

1890 T. Guilford Smith, M. A., C. E. - 

1892 William Croswell Doane, D. D., LL. D. - 

1893 Lewis A. Stimson, B. A., M. D. - 

1894 Sylvester Malone - 

1895 Albert Vander Veer, M. D., Ph. D. 

Elected''by the regents 
1888 Melvil Dewey, M. A., Secretary - 


Troy 

- Glens Falls 
Ithaca 

- New York 
Rochester 

- Syracuse 
New York 

- Utica 
Lowville 

- Brooklyn 
Albany 

- Watkins 
Syracuse 

- Palmyra 
Buffalo 

- Albany 
New York 

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EDITOR’S NOTE 

This list provides books to the amount of $500, assuming that an average 
discount of one third will be secured, except in case of a few books marked 
net and specially allowed for. Wherever there is opportunity for choice, 
editions have been carefully selected. Considerations of economy have 
debarred mention of many excellent editions, but have not induced the 
recommendation of poor print, paper or editing. An occasional note 
gives information about more expensive editions or fuller treatises which 
would be desirable could they be afforded, but which can not be substi¬ 
tuted without exceeding the $500 limit or excluding something else. 
Where alternatives are suggested in the main list, as in case of cyclo¬ 
pedias, transladons of Homer, etc. provision has been made for buying 
the more expensive work, but not for both. When more than one 
edition is mentioned, the first is the one reckoned. Amounts in headings 
represent list prices and do not include alternatives. 

Certain series of miscellaneous standard literature, which appear 
frequently on the list and are sometimes brought into comparison, per¬ 
haps need brief description. The volumes of the Riverside literature 
series (Houghton) are i2mos printed in clear, medium sized type on 
good opaque paper and bound in brown linen. They are also bound in 
paper and boards, but only the cloth binding is quoted on this list. The 
Riverside school library (Houghton) volumes are generally printed from 
the same plates as the Riverside literature series, on somewhat finer 
paper and bound in red half leather. The World’s classics (Putnam) 
are less expensive reissues of the well-known Knickerbocker nuggets. 
The type, though not large, is clear, the page well spaced, and the paper is 
good. They are neatly bound small 16mos. The Elia series (Putnam) 
are larger i6mos, admirable in type and paper, with gilt top and rough 
edges. These series, with Longman’s English classics, Leach’s Students 
series of English classics, Macmillan’s School editions, and others of 
recognized value, may be depended on as evenly good. To know one is 
to be assured of the quality of all. Unfortunately this is not always 
true of special editions and series, the uniformity sometimes consisting 
only in binding and price. Of the Stratford edition of Irving certain 
volumes are desirable while others are poor. The Crowell Standard 


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library, uncommonly satisfactory for the price in many instances, is very 
unequal and sometimes decidedly inferior. It has been recommended 
on this list only after examination of the individual volume. 

Books marked a aggregate a selection costing $200. If to these the 
books marked b are added, the amount will reach $300. This selection 
merely suggests probable first needs in case it is impracticable to buy all 
on the list, but it does not imply that these books are superior in quality. 
It is of course impossible to make a limited list which shall perfectly 
meet-diverse needs. A German dictionary or an advanced chemistry 
may be almost useless in one school and absolutely necessary in another. 
Variation^ must be made to suit the requirements of special courses 
and the interests of the community. The resources of the school must 
also be considered. It is hoped that these briefer selections will meet the 
average requirements fairly well and that the full list will furnish sugges¬ 
tions for special wants. 


University of the State of New York 


Extension Bulletin 

No. 14 September 1896 


CLASS LIST 

OF A 

$500 LIBRARY RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOOLS 


GENERAL REFERENCE BOOKS ($48.75) 

Burt, M.. E.. Literary landmarks. Houghton 75c. 

Cyclopedias 

Johnson’s universal cyclopaedia. 8v. 1894-95. Appleton $48 net. 
or 

Chambers’s encyclopaedia, iov. 1892-93. Lippincott $30. 

PSYCHOLOGY AND ETHICS ($5) 

Sully, James. Outlines of psychology. Appleton $2.50. 

# Gilman, N. P. & Jackson, E: P. Conduct as a fine art. Hough¬ 
ton $1.50. 

Smiles, Samuel. Duty. Harper $1. 

MYTHOLOGY ($1.50) 

#Jjuerber, H. A. Myths of Greece and Rome. Amer. bk co. 
$1.5°. 

SOCIOLOGY ($17.30) 

a Nordhoff, Charles. Politics for young Americans. Amer. bk 
co. 75c. 

Fiske, John. American political ideas. Harper $1. 
b Johnston, Alexander. History of American politics. Holt 80c. 
Bowker, R ; R. Economics for the people. Harper 75c. 






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Perry, A. L. Political economy. Scribner $2.50. 
a Walker, F. A. Political economy. Holt $2. (Amer. sci. ser. 
advanced course.) 

Gilman, N : P. Profit sharing between employer and employee. 
Houghton $1.75. 

Riis, J. A. Children of the poor. Scribner $1.25. 
a Brooks, E. S. Century book for young Americans. Century $1.50. 
a Bryce, James. American commonwealth. 2v. Macmillan $4. 
Dawes, A.. L. How we are governed. Ginn $1. 

Education ($13.25) 

Williams, S: G. History of modern education. Bardeen $1.50. 
a Compayre, Gabriel. Lectures on teaching. Heath $1.75. 

Fitch, J. G. Lectures on teaching. Macmillan $1. 
b Page, D. P. Theory and practice of teaching. Amer. bk co. $1. 
Skinner, C: R. ed. Arbor day manual. Weed, Parsons & Co. 
$2.50. 

White, E. E. School management. Amer. bk co. $1. 

Parker, F. W. How to study geography. Appleton $1.50. (Inter- 
nat. educ. ser.) 

a Harrison, Elizabeth. Study of child nature. Chic, kindergarten 
training school $1. 

Poulsson, Emilie. In the child’s world. Milton Bradley co. $2. 
Self culture ($6.50) 

a Chester, Eliza, pseud. Chats with girls on self culture. Dodd $1.25. 
a Hale, E : E. How to do it. Roberts $1. 
b Mathews, William. Getting on in the world. Griggs $1.50. 
Munger, T. T. On the threshold. Houghton $1. 

Smiles, Samuel. Self-help. Harper $1. 

Chester, Eliza. Girls and women. Houghton 75c. 

Legends and fairy tales ($5.75) 

a Grimm, J. L; & W ; K ; Household stories; tr. from the German 
by Lucy Crane. Macmillan $2. 

Lang, Andrew, ed. Blue fairy book. Longmans $2. 

Jacobs, Joseph. More English fairy tales. Putnam $1.75. 

DICTIONARIES AND SYNONYMS ($32.62) 

a Webster’s international dictionary of the English language. Mer- 
riam $10.62. 

Crabb, George. English synonymes. Harper $1.25. 


BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES 


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Whitney’s German dictionary. Holt $2 net. 

Gasc, Ferdinand. French and English and English and French 
dictionary. Holt $2.25 net. 

For fuller German and French dictionaries we recommend the Thieme-Preusser Ger¬ 
man dictionary, Haendcke & Lehmkuhl, $4.25, or Flugel’s dictionary, English-German, 
2 v. German-English, 1 v. Westerman $16.50; Smith, Hamilton & Legros’ Interna¬ 
tional English and French dictionary, 2 v. Fouraut, $6.50. American importers will sell 
at the above prices. 

Harpers’ Latin dictionary. Harper $6.50. 

Lewis’ Elementary Latin dictionary, Harper $2 is excellent. 

Liddell & Scott’s Greek-English lexicon. Harper $10. 

SCIENCE ($54.59) 

General ($5.50) 

a Burroughs, John. Locusts and wild honey. Houghton $1.25. 

Torrey, Bradford. The foot-path way. Houghton $1.25. 
a Buckley, A. B. Fairy-land of science. Appleton $1.50. 
b -• Through magic glasses. Appleton $1.50. 

Astronomy ($5) 
a Ball, Sir R. S. Star-land. Ginn $1 net. 

Proctor, R: A. Other worlds than ours. Appleton $1.75. 

Young, C. A. General astronomy. Ginn $2.25. 

Physics and electricity ($7.75) 

Deschanel’s physics; tr. and ed. by J. D. Everett. Appleton $5.75. 
Cumming, Linnaeus. Electricity treated experimentally. Long¬ 
mans $1.50. 

a Meadowcroft, W: H. A B C of electricity. U. S. bk co. 50c. 
Chemistry ($2.80) 

Remsen, Ira. Inorganic chemistry. Holt $2 80 net. (Amer. sci. 
ser. advanced course.) 

Geology and physical geography ($12.43) 
b Dana, J. D. Manual of geology. Amer. bk co. $5. 
b Frye, A. E. Brooks and brook basins. Ginn 58c. 

Guyot, Arnold. Earth and man. Scribner $1.75. 
a Herrick, S. B. Earth in past ages. Harper 60c. 

Kingsley, Charles. Madam How and Lady Why. Macmillan 50c. 
(School ed.) 

b Shaler, N. S. Aspects of the earth. Scribner $2.50. 

Tyndall, John. Forms of water. Appleton $1.50. 


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Biology, botany and zoology ($21.11) 

Drummond, Henry. Ascent of man. Pott $2. 

Morley, M. W. Song of life. McClurg $1.25. 

Dana, Mrs W. S. How to know the wild flowers. Scribner $1.75. 
a Gray, Asa. Lessons and manual of botany. Amer. bk co. $2.16. 
a Newell, J. H. Outline lessons in botany. 2 v. Ginn $1.30. 
pt. 1 From seed to leaf, 
pt. 2 Flower and fruit. 

b Miller, Olive Thorne, pseud. Little folks in feathers and fur. Dut¬ 
ton $2.50. 

a Packard, A. S. Zoology. Holt $2.40 net. (Amer. sci. ser. advanced 
course.) 

b Comstock, J. H. & A. B. Manual for the study of insects. Com¬ 
stock pub. co. $3.75. 
b Noel, Maurice. Buz. Holt $1. 

# Chapman, F. M. Handbook of birds of eastern North America. 
Appleton $3. 

PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE ($3.20) 

0 Martin, H. N. The human body. Holt $2.20 7 iet. (Amer. sci. 
ser. advanced course.) 

b Blaikie, William. How to get strong and how to stay so. Harper 

BUSINESS ($.30) 

Emery, M. S. Every-day business. Lee 30c. 

ART AND SPORTS ($14.80) 

Hamerton, P. G. Thoughts about art. Roberts $2. 

Goodyear, W. H. History of art. Barnes $2.80 ?iet. 

Leland, C; G. Manual of wood-carving. Scribner $1.75. 

Miller, L. W. Essentials of perspective. Scribner $1.50. 

Walker, William. Handbook of drawing. Scribner $1.75. 
Adams, W. I. L. Amateur photography. Baker & Taylor $1. 
b Beard, D. C. American boys’ handy book. Scribner $2. 
b Beard, Lina & A. B. American girls’ handy book. Scribner $2. 

LITERATURE ($207.75) 

Histories and compendiums ($7.50) 

Botta, Mrs A. C. (Lynch). Handbook of universal literature. 
Houghton $2. 


BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR SCHOOL LIBRARIES 


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Brewer, E. C. Dictionary of phrase and fable. Lippincott $2.50. 
b Bartlett, John. Familiar quotations. Little $3. 

American poetry ($9) 

Bryant, W; C. Poetical works. Appleton $1.50. (Household ed.) 
Holmes, O. W. Poetical works. Houghton $2. (Cambridge ed.) 
a Longfellow, H: W. Complete poetical works. Houghton, $2. 
(Cambridge ed.) 

a Lowell, J. R. Poetical works. Houghton $1.50. (Household ed.) 
a Whittier, J: G. Complete poetical works. Houghton $2. (Cam¬ 
bridge ed.) 

The Cambridge editions of Holmes, Longfellow and Whittier are the only one vol¬ 
ume editions complete with latest revisions. Contain also biographic sketches. 

American essays and miscellany ($15.50) 
b Curtis, G ; W ; From the Easy chair. Harper $1. 

# Emerson, R. W. Essays; 1st and 2d series. Houghton $1 
(Popular ed.) 

-Representative men, with Nature, lectures and addresses. 2 v. in 1. 

Houghton $1. (Popular ed.) 

£ Lowell, J. R. My study windows. Houghton $2. 

Repplier, Agnes. Points of view. Houghton $1.25. 
a Holmes, O. W. Autocrat of the breakfast table. Houghton 50c. 
(Riversideliteratureser.no. 81); 60c. (Riverside school lib.); $1.50 
(Riverside ed.) 

Irving, Washington. Alhambra. Crowell $1. (Standard lib.) 

-ed. by W: L. Phelps. Putnam $1. (Students’ ed.) 

b -Knickerbocker. Putnam $1.25. (Stratford ed.) 

a -Sketch book. Putnam $1.25. (Stratford ed.) 

-ed. by W : L. Phelps. Putnam $1. (Students’ ed.) 

G. P. Putnam’s sons publish several editions of Irving of very unequal merit. The 
special volumes issued in the Students’ ed. are printed from new plates and are excel¬ 
lent. The Hudson ed. complete, at $1.50 a vol. and the Stratford ed. of Knickerbocker 
and the Sketch book , $1.25 each, may be recommended for library use. 

Warner, C: D. Backlog studies. Houghton $1. (Riverside Aldine ' 
ser.) 

b -My summer in a garden. Houghton $1. (Riverside Aldine ser.) 

b Mitchell, D. G. Reveries of a bachelor. Scribner 75c. (New 
Edgewood ed.) 

a Thoreau, H ; D: Walden. Houghton $1.50. 







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English literature ($12) 

a Chambers’s cyclopaedia of English literature. 2 v. Lippincott $7. 
b Gosse, Edmund. History of 18th century literature. Macmillan 
$1. (Students’ ed.) 

a Nicoll, H: J. Landmarks of English literature. Appleton $1.50. 
b Saintsbury, George. History of Elizabethan literature. Mac¬ 
millan $1. (Students’ ed.) 

-History of 19th century literature. Macmillan $1.50. 


English poetry and drama ($27.50) 


a Bryant, W: C. ed. New library of poetry and song. Fords $5. 
Henley, W; E. ed. Lyra heroica. Scribner $1.25. 

Ward, T : H. ed, English poets. 4 v. Macmillan $4. 

0 Whittier, J : G. ed. Child life. Houghton $2. 

Chaucer, Geoffrey. The students Chaucer; being a complete 
edition of his works, ed. by W. W. Skeat. Macmillan $1.71: net. 
(Globe ed.) 

a Milton, John. Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 
b Scott, Sir Walter. Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

Spenser, Edmund. Complete works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 
# Tennyson, Alfred. Works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

Complete, with authorized revisions. Gives Idyls of the king in order of Tennyson’s 
final arrangement. 

£ Wordsworth, William. Complete poetical works. Crowell $1. 
(Standard ed.) 

a Shakspere, William. Works; v. 1, Comedies; v. 2, Histories; 
v. 3, Tragedies. Macmillan $1.75 each. 3 v. $5. (Victoria ed.) 
The most satisfactory cheap edition. Follows text of Globe edition. Good sized, 
clear type, excellent paper, lines not numbered. Attention is also called to : 

-New variorum edition of Shakespeare, ed. by H. H. Furness. 

Lippincott, v. 1-10, $4 each. 

Presents results of an exhaustive collation of texts and gives a full selection of com¬ 
mentary. Invaluable to students and for reference, but not desirable for reading. 


Now ready: 

As you like it 
Hamlet (2 v.) 

King Lear 
Macbeth 

Merchant of Venice 

-Works; ed. by Richard 

(Riverside ed.) 


Midsummer night’s dream 
Othello 

Romeo and Juliet 
The tempest 

White. 6 v. Houghton. $10. 


Excellent in text, notes, type and paper. Very desirable for school or home reading. 




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Shakspere William. Works; ed. by W. G. Clark and W. A.Wright. 
Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

Probably best one volume edition. Type too fine but clear and not worn. Paper 
very thin but good; text excellent; lines numbered. 

Separate plays expurgated for school use: 

Edited by W: J. Rolfe. Harper paper 40c.; cloth 56c. 

Edited by H : N. Hudson. Ginn paper 30c.; cloth 45c. (New school 
Shakspere.) 

Edited by Brainerd Kellogg. Maynard 30c. (English classics.) 
a Lamb, Charles & Mary. Tales from Shakespeare. Ginn 50c. 
(Classics for children.) 

-Houghton 50c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 64-66);' 60c. 

(Riverside school lib.) 

English essays and miscellany ($15.60) 
a Addison, Joseph. Sir Roger de Coverley papers. Leach 35c. 
(Students’ ser. of Eng. classics.) 

Arnold, Matthew. Essays in criticism, ser. 1. Macmillan $1.50. 
Brown, John. Spare hours, ser. 1. Houghton $1. 
b Carlyle, Thomas. Critical and miscellaneous essays. 2 v. Hough¬ 
ton $3.50. (Popular ed.) 

De Quincey, Thomas. Confessions of an English opium eater. 

Putnam 50c. (World’s classics.) 

Hamerton, P. G. Intellectual life. Roberts $2. 
b Lamb, Charles. Essays of Elia. 2 v. Putnam $1. (World’s 
classics.) 

Also published in 2 v. $2 in Putnam’s admirably executed Elia series. 
b Macaulay, T: B. Critical, historical and miscellaneous essays. 3 v. 
Houghton $3.75. (Riverside ed.) 

a Ruskin, John. Sesame and lilies. Putnam 50c. (World’s classics.) 

-Maynard $1.50. (Brantwood ed.) 

b Thackeray, W : M. Four Georges; English humorists. Hough¬ 
ton $1.50. (Illus. library ed.) 

German and classic literature ($6.50) 

Taylor, Bayard. Studies in German literature. Putnam $2. 
Church, A. J : Stories from Virgil. Dodd $1. 
b - Stories from Homer. Dodd $1. 

a Homer. Iliad; tr. byW: C. Bryant. Houghton $2.50. (Roslyn ed. 
or 

-tr. by Alexander Pope. 2 v. McClurg $2. (Laurel 

crowned verse.) 

-Iliad and Odyssey. Routledge $1.50. (Popular lib.) 






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Eiction ($114.15) 

a Alcott, L.. M. Little women. Roberts $1.50. 

b - Under the lilacs. Roberts $1.50. 

a Aldrich, T: B. Story of a bad boy. Houghton $1.25. 

- Marjorie Daw and other people. Houghton $1.50. 

a Andersen, H. C. Wonder stories told for children. Houghton $1. 

Barr, Mrs A. B. Bow of orange ribbon. Dodd $1.25. 

Besant, Walter. All sorts and conditions of men. Harper $1.25. 

Black, William. Princess of Thule. Harper $1.25. 
b Blackmore, R: D. Lorna Doone. Crowell $1. (Standard ed.) 

Bronte, Charlotte. Jane Eyre. Crowell $1. (Standard ed.) 

Brooks, Noah. The boy emigrants. Scribner $1.25. 
b Bunyan, John. Pilgrim’s progress. Crowell 75c. (Handy vol. ed.) 

-Macmillan $1. (Golden treasury ser.) 

b Burnett, Mrs Frances (Hodgson). Little Lord Fauntleroy. Scrib¬ 
ner $2. 

Bynner, E. L. The begum’s daughter. Houghton $1.25. 
b Carroll, Lewis, pseud. Alice’s adventures in Wonderland. Macmil¬ 
lan $1. 

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. Don Quixote; abridged and ed. 
by M. F. Wheaton. Ginn 60c. (Classics for children.) 
b Coolidge, Susan, pseud. What Katy did. Roberts $1.25. 

Cooper, J. F. Leather-Stocking tales. Putnam $1.25 each 
(Mohawk ed.) 

a Deerslayer Path finder Prairie 

a Last of the Mohicans Pioneers 

- Pilot. Putnam $1.25. (Mohawk ed.) 

a - Spy. Putnam $1.25. (Mohawk ed.) 

Craik, Mrs D. M. (Mulock). John Halifax, gentleman. Crowell 
$1. (Standard ed.) 

Crockett, S. R. The raiders. Macmillan $1.50. 
a Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Houghton 60c. (Riverside 
literature ser. no. 87); 60c. (Riverside school lib.) 

Dickens, Charles. Bar 

a - Christmas stories 

a - David Copperfield 

b - Nicholas Nickleby 

a - Pickwick papers 

a - Tale of two cities and Edwin Drood j 

These volumes are selected as best till a complete set, which is most desirable, can be 
afforded. 


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Macmillan $1 each. 
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a Dodge, Mrs Mary (Mapes). Hans Brinker. Scribner $1.50. 

Doyle, A. C. Micah Clarke. Longmans $1.25. 

Eggleston, Edward. Hoosier school master. Judd $1.50. 
b Eliot, George, pseud. Adam Bede. Crowell $1. (Standard ed.) 

b - Romola. Crowell $1. (Standard ed.) 

a - Silas Marner. Leach 35c. (Students’ ser. of Eng. classics.) 

Ewing, Mrs J. H. Jackanapes; Daddy Darwin’s dovecot; Story 
of a short life. 3 v. in 1. Roberts 50c. 

Frederic, Harold. In the valley. Scribner $1.50. 

Gaskell, Mrs E.. C. Cranford. Crowell 75c. (Handy vol. ed.) 
a Goldsmith, Oliver. Vicar of Wakefield. Houghton 50c. (River¬ 
side school lib.) 

-Putnam 50c. (World’s classics.) 

b Hale, E: E. Man without a country and other tales. Roberts $1.25. 
a Hawthorne, Nathaniel. Marble faun. Houghton $2. (Riverside 
ed.) 

- Scarlet letter. Houghton $1. (Little classic ed.) 

a - House of seven gables Houghton $1. (Little classic ed.) 

- Tanglewood tales. Houghton $1. (Little classic ed.) 

a - Wonder-book for girls and boys. Houghton $1. (Little 

classic ed.) 

All Houghton’s editions of Hawthorne are good. The Riverside edition, 13 v. $26, 
sometimes combines two or more stories in one volume; the Little classic edition 25 v. 
$25, occasionally gives two volumes to one work. Special volumes but not full sets can 
be bought in: Popular ed. $1 each , School ed. 40c. each , Salem ed. 30c. each, and 
in Riverside school library and Riverside literature series at varying prices. 

a Hayes, I: I. Cast away in the cold. Lee $1.25. 
b Henty, G: A. St George for England. Scribner $1.50. 

- With Wolfe in Canada. Scribner $1.50. 

Howells, W: D. Chance acquaintance. Houghton $1. 

b - Rise of Silas Lapham. Houghton $1.50. 

a Hughes, Thomas. Tom Brown’s school days. Crowell $1. (Stan¬ 
dard ed.) 

-Houghton 70c. (Riverside school lib.); 60c. (Riverside 

literature ser. no. 85.) 

-Macmillan 50c. (People’s ed.) 

Hugo, Victor. Les miserables. 2 v. Crowell $2. (Standard ed.) 
b Jackson, Mrs Helen (Hunt). Ramona. Roberts $1.50. 
a Jewett, S.. O. Betty Leicester. Houghton $1.25. 

- A native of Winby and other tales. Houghton $1.25. 











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Kingsley, Charles. Water babies. Macmillan 50c. (Macmillan's 
school lib.) 

b - Westward ho ! Macmillan 50c. (Macmillan’s school lib.) 

- Hypatia. Crowell $1. (Standard ed.) 

a Kipling, Rudyard. Jungle book. Century $1.50. 

Lytton, E : G: E. L. Bulwer-Lytton, baron . Last days of 
Pompeii. Crowell $1. (Standard ed.) 

Macdonald, George. St George and St Michael. Lothrop $1.50. 
a Munroe, Kirk. Campmates. Harper $1.25. 

- Flamingo feather. Harper $1. 

Page, T; N. In Ole Virginia. Scribner $1.25. 

Reade, Charles. The cloister and the hearth. Crowell $1. (Stan¬ 
dard ed.) 

Scott, Sir Walter. Fa'r maid of Perth ^ 

- Guy Mannering 

b - Heart of Mid-Lothian 

a - Ivanhoe 

a - Kenilworth 

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a - Rob Roy 

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These volumes are selected as best till a complete set, which is most desirable, can be 
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a Seawell, M. E. Decatur and Somers. Appleton $1. 

- Paul Jones. Appleton $1. 

Sewell, Anna. Black beauty. Lothrop $1. 

Stevenson, R. L. David Balfour. Scribner $1.50. 

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- Kidnapped. Scribner $1.50. 

a Stoddard, W: O. Guert Ten Eyck. Lothrop $1.50. 

- On the old frontier. Appleton $1.50. 

Stowe, Mrs Harriet (Beecher). Oldtown folks. Houghton $1.50. 

a - Uncle Tom’s cabin. Houghton 60c. (Riverside literature 

ser. no. 88); 70c. (Riverside school lib.); $1 (Popular ed.) 

a Thackeray, W: M. Henry Esmond^ 

- Newcomes j, Crowell $i each. (Stan- 


Macmillan $1.25 each. 
(Dryburgh ed.) 


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b Wallace, Lew. Ben-Hur. Harper $1.50. 

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b Whitney, Mrs A. D. T. ummer in Leslie Goldth waite’s life. 
Houghton $1.25. 

- We girls. Houghton $1.25. 

b Wiggin, Mrs K.. D. Birds’ Christmas Carol. Houghton 50c. 
b Wilkins, M.. E. New England nun and other stories. Harper 
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Wyss, J ; D : Swiss family Robinson. Cassell 75c. 


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Keary, C: F. Dawn of history. Scribner $1.25. 
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T. Lewis. Harper $8. 

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a Morris, Charles. Historical tales. 4 v. Lippincott $5. 
a Fisher, G; P. Outlines of universal history. Amer. bk co. $2.40. 
b Mackenzie, Robert. The 19th century. Nelson $1. 

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Darwin, Charles. What Mr Darwin saw in his voyage round the 
world in the ship ‘ Beagle.’ Harper $3. 

Davis, R: H. Rulers of the Mediterranean. Harper $1.25. 
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or 

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Page 10% x6^ in. County maps of each state. 

World-wide atlas. W. & A. K. Johnston 7s. 6d. 

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2 Defoe, Southey, Byron 

3 Pope, Dryden, Sidney 

4 Cowper, Landor, Bentley 

5 Burke, Macaulay, Fielding 

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7 Scott, Spenser, Dickens 

8 Hume, Swift, Sterne 

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$1.25. (Amer. men of letters.) 

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$1.25. (Amer. men of letters.) 


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(Amer. statesmen.) 

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side lib. for young people.) 

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ton $2.50. (Amer. statesmen.) 

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Roberts $1.50. 

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versal lib. no. 34.) 

Pericles. Abbott, Evelyn. Pericles and the golden age of Athens. 

Putnam $1.50. (Heroes of the nations.) 

Stuyvesant. Tuckerman, Bayard. Peter Stuyvesant. Dodd $1. 
(Makers of America.) 

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side school lib.) 


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nations.) 

Mahaffy, J : P. Story of Alexander's empire. Putnam $1.50. 
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Oman, C : W : C. History of Greece to Macedonian conquest. 
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Emerton, Ephraim. Introduction to the study of the middle ages. 
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- Mediaeval Europe. Ginn $1.50. 

Gardiner, S. R, Student’s history of England. Longmans $3. 
a Green, J. R. Short history of the English people. Harper $1.20. 
Macaulay, T: B. History of England. 4 V. Houghton $5. 
(Popular ed.) 

Bryce, James. Holy Roman empire. Macmillan $1. 
b Taylor, Bayard. History of Germany. Appleton $1.50. 
b Creighton, Mrs L. H. First history of France. Longmans $125. 

Duruy, Victor. History of France. Crowell $2. 

£ Gardiner, Mrs B. M. French revolution. Longmans $1. (Epochs 
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Irving, Washington. Conquest of Granada. Putnam $1.50. (Hud¬ 
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b Griffis, W : E. Brave little Holland and what she has taught us. 
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b Griffis, W: E. Japan in history, folk-lore and art. Houghton 75c. 
(Riverside lib. for young people.) 

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Parkman, Francis. Old regime in Canada. Little $1.50. (Popu¬ 
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Coffin, C: C. Building the nation. Harper $3. 
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Lossing, B. J: Cyclopaedia of U. S. history. 2 v. Harper $6. 

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a Parkman, Francis. Pioneers of France in the new world. Little 
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Coffin, C: C. Old times in the colonies. Harper $3. 

Parkman, Francis. Conspiracy of Pontiac. 2 v. ^ 

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b _ Critical period of American history. Houghton $2. 

b Johnson, Rossiter. History of the war of 1812-15. Dodd $1. 
Champlin, J: D. jr. Young folks’ history of the war of the Union. 
Holt $2.50. 

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Taylor & Co. $2.50. 

b Kieffer, H: M. Recollections of a drummer boy. Houghton $1.50. 
Fiske, John. Beginnings of New England. Houghton $2. 
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. True stories from history and biography. 
Houghton $1. (Little classic ed.) 


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Cooke, J: E. Stories of the old dominion. Harper $1.50. 
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Prescott, W: H. Conquest of Peru. 2 v. Lippincott $1. (Uni¬ 
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requirements. Wherever possible cheap editions in paper such as students 
may buy have been mentioned. Many of these are excellent — notably 
Houghton’s Riverside literature series, Maynard, Merrill & Co.’s English 
classics and Cassell’s national library. 

Abbott, J: S. C. Ferdinand de Soto. Dodd $1.25. (Amer. pio¬ 
neers and patriots.) 

Addison, Joseph. Sir Roger de Coverley papers. Leach 35c. 
(Students ser. of Eng. classics.) 

-Houghton, 2 pts, paper 15c. each ; 1 v. cloth 40c. (River¬ 
side literature ser. no. 60-61.) 

-American bk co. boards , 20c. (Eclectic English classics.) 

-Sir Roger de Coverley and Spectator’s club. Cassell, paper 

ioc. (Cassell’s nat. lib. no. 28.) 

Bacon, Sir Francis. Essays and Colours of good and evil. Mac¬ 
millan $1. (Golden treasury ser.) 

-Essays, civil and moral; selected. Maynard ,paper 12c. (Eng¬ 
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Browning, Robert. Complete poetic and dramatic works. Hough¬ 
ton $3. (Cambridge ed.) 

-Blot in the scutcheon and other dramas. (Colombe’s birthday 

and A soul’s tragedy.) Harper ,paper 40c.; cloth 56c. (Rolfe’s 
Eng. classics.) 

Bryant, W: C. Poetical works. Appleton $1.50. (Household ed.) 







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Bryant, W: C. Sella, Thanatopsis and other poems. Houghton, 
paper 15c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 54.) 

-Thanatopsis and other poems. Maynard, paper 12c. (English 

classics, no. 47.) 

Burke, Edmund. Select works, v. 1. Macmillan $1.10 nei. 
(Clarendon press ser.) 

-Present discontents. Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics, no. 

118.) 

-Speech on conciliation with American colonies. Maynard, paper 

12c. (English classics, no. 119.) 

Burns, Robert. Poetical works. Houghton $1.50. (River¬ 
side ed.) 

-Crowell $1. (Standard lib.) 

-Cotter’s Saturday night and other poems. Houghton, 

paper 150. (Riverside literature ser. no. 77.) 

-Maynard ,paper 12c. (English classics, no. 9.) 

Contained also in Burns-Scott. Houghton 40c. (Modern classics v. 15.) See entry 
under Carlyle, Thomas. 

Byron, G; G. N. lord. Poems. Crowell $1. (Standard lib.) 

-Prisoner of Chillon. Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics, 

no. 4.) 

Carlyle, Thomas. Burns-Scott. Houghton 40c. (Modern classics, 
V- I 5 -) 

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-Essay on Burns. Maynard ,paper 12c. (English classics, no. 70.) 

-Sartor resartus. Estes $1. (Roxburghe classics.) 

-Crowell 50c. (Popular ed.) 

Excellent type and paper but binding too delicate for general circulation. 

Chaucer, Geoffrey. Students’ Chaucer; a complete edition of his 
works, ed. by W. W. Skeat. Macmillan $1.75 net. 

- The prologue; The Knightes tale; The nonne preestes 

tale; ed. by R. Morris and revised by W. W. Skeat. Macmillan 
70c. net. (Clarendon press ser.) 

Coleridge, Samuel. Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75 (Globe 
ed.); 75c. (Chiswick ser.) 

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- Rime of the ancient mariner, and other poems. Houghton, 

paper 15c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 80.) 














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Cooper, J. F. Last of the Mohicans. Putnam $1.25. (Mohawk 
ed.) 

-Burt 75c. (Burt’s home lib.) 

-Houghton 70c. (Riverside school lib.); 60c. (Riverside 

literature ser. no. 95-98.) 

Cowper, William. Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

- The task. Harper 30c. (Harper’s school classics); paper 20c. 

(Harper’s half-hour ser. no. 112.) 

-Cassell ,paper 10c. (Cassell’s nat. lib. no. 201.) 

Curtis, G : W: Prue and I. Harper $1.50. 

Defoe, Daniel. Journal of the plague year. Longmans 75c. (Long¬ 
mans’ English classics.) 

-Maynard 24c. (English classics, double no. 154-55.) 

De Quincey, Thomas. Confessions of an English opium eater. 
Putnam 50c. (World’s classics.) 

-. Narrative and miscellaneous papers. Houghton $1. (Popu¬ 
lar ed.) 

Contains Flight of a Tartar tribe. 

-Flight of a Tartar tribe. Leach 35c. (Students’ ser. of Eng. 

classics.) In preparation. 

Dickens, Charles. Dombey and son. Macmillan $1. (New 
popular ed.) 

-Tale of two cities. Macmillan $1. (New popular ed.) 

-Crowell $1. (Standard lib.) 

Drake, S : A. Making of New England. Scribner $1.50. 

Making of the great West. Scribner $1.50. 

Dryden, John. Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

-Poems. Cassell ,paper 10c. (Cassell’s nat. lib. no. 98.) 

-Alexander’s feast and MacFlecknoe. Maynard, paper 12c. 

(English classics, no. 39.) 

Earle, Mrs A. M. Customs and fashions in old New England. 
Scribner $1.25. 

Eliot, George, pseud. Romola. Crowell $1. (Standard lib.) 

-Silas Marner. Leach 35c. (Students’ ser. of Eng. classics.) 

-Houghton, paper 30c.; linen 40c. (Riverside literature 

ser. no. 83.) 

-American bk co. boards 30c. (Eclectic Eng. classics.) 

Emerson, R. W. Poems. Houghton $1.75 (Riverside ed.); 
$1.50 (Household ed.); $1.25 (Little classics.) 















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Emerson, R. W. Representative men, with Nature, lectures and 
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co. boards 20c. (Eclectic English classics.) 

-Fortunes of the Republic and other American addresses. 

Houghton, paper 15c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 42.) 

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-American scholar. Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics, no. 

123.) 

Fiske, John. American revolution. 2 v. Houghton $4. 

Franklin, Benjamin. Autobiography. Putnam 50c. (World’s 
classics.) 

-Houghton 50c. (Riverside school lib.); 2 pts, paper 15c. 

each ; 1 v. cloth 40c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 19-20.) 

-Cassell, paper 10c. (Cassell’s nat. lib. no. 3.) 

Gibbon, Edward. Autobiography. Houghton $1. (Howells’choice 
autobiographies.) 

Goldsmith, Oliver. Poetical works, (with those of Thomas Gray.) 
Houghton $1.50. (Riverside ed.) 

-Traveller and Deserted village. Leach 25c. (Students’ ser. of 

Eng. classics.) 

-Deserted village, Traveller and other poems. Houghton, paper 

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-Deserted village. Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics no. 6.) 

-Vicar of Wakefield. Putnam 50c. (World’s classics.) 

-Houghton 50c. (Riverside school lib.); paper 30c.; cloth 

40c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 78.) 

-American bk co. boards 35c. (Eclectic English classics.) 

-Harper, paper 25c. (Harper’s half-hour ser. no. 85.) 

Gray, Thomas. Poetical works, (with those of Oliver Goldsmith.) 
Houghton $1.50. (Riverside ed.) 

-Selected poems, ed. by Edmund Gosse. Macmillan, boards 40c. 

net. (Clarendon press ser.) 

-Gray’s Elegy and other poems. Houghton,15c. (River¬ 
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel. House of the seven gables. Hough¬ 
ton $1. (Riverside ed.) Bound with The snow image. 

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50c. cloth 60c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 91); 30c. 

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classics) ; 40c. (School ed.); 30c. (Salem ed.) 

Holmes, O. W. Autocrat of the breakfast table. Houghton $1.50 
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lib.); paper 45c.; cloth 50c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 81.) 
Homer. Iliad; tr. by Alexander Pope. Routledge $1.50. 
(Popular lib.) 

Irving, Washington. Columbus. 3 v. Putnam $4.50. (Hud¬ 
son ed.) 

v. 3 is the Companions of Columbus. 

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A new ed. illustrated and excellent in every respect. 

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Unabridged, but not including the Companions of Columbus. 

-Sketch book; ed. by W. L. Phelps. Putnam $1. (Students’ ed.) 

-Essays from the Sketch book. Houghton 2 pts paper 15c. each ; 

1 v. cloth 40c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 51-52.) 

Contains the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle and other essays. 

-Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Maynard,/tf/<?r 12c. (English clas¬ 
sics, no 41.) 

-Sketchbook; selections. Maynard ,paper \ 2c. (English classics, 

no. 31.) 

Contains Rip Van Winkle. 

-Tales of a traveller; ed. by W. L. Phelps. Putnam $1. (Students’ 

ed.) 

-American bk co. boards 50c. (Eclectic English classics.) 

Johnson, Rossiter. History of the war of 1812-15. Dodd $1. 
-Old French war. Dodd $1. 

-Short history of the war of secession. Bryan, Taylor & Co. $2.50. 

Johnson, Samuel. Rasselas. Putnam 50c. (World’s classics.) 

-Leach 35c. (Student’s ser. of Eng. classics.) 

-Cassell, paper 10c. (Cassell’s nat. lib. no. 191.) 

Johnston, Alexander. History of American politics. Holt 
80c. net. 

Jonson, Ben. Every man in his humor. Longmans 75c. 

Keats, John. Poetical works. Macmillan $1. (Golden treasury 
ser.) 











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Keats, John. Endymion and other poems. Cassell, paper 10c. 
(CasselPs nat. lib. no. 91.) 

Contains the Ode on a Grecian urn. 

Ladd, H. O. History of the war with Mexico. Dodd $1. 

Locke, John. Conduct of the understanding. Macmillan 50c. net. 
(Clarendon press ser.) 

Lodge, H : C. Alexander Hamilton. Houghton $1.25. (Amer. 
statesmen.) 

Longfellow, H: W. Complete poetical works. Houghton $2. 
(Cambridge ed.) 

The only one volume edition complete with latest revisions. Contains also a bio¬ 
graphic sketch. 

-Evangeline. Leach 35c. (Students’ ser. of Eng. classics.) 

-Houghton, paper 15c.; cloth 25c. (Riverside literature 

ser. no. 1.) 

Lowell, J. R. Poems. Houghton $1.50. (Household ed.) 

-Vision of Sir Launfal and other pieces. Houghton, paper 15c. 

(Riverside literature ser. no. 30.) 

-Maynard ,paper 12c. (English classics, no. 129.) 

Macaulay, T : B. Critical, historical and miscellaneous essays. 
3 v. Houghton $3.75. (Popular ed.) 

-Essay on Bacon. Harper, paper 25c. (Harper’s half-hour ser. 

no. 108 ); cloth 30c. (Harper’s school classics.) 

-Essays on Milton and Byron. Harper 30c. (Harper’s school 

classics.) 

-Essay on Milton. Ginn ,paper 30c. (Annotated school classics.) 

-American bk co. boards 20c. 

-Maynard, paper 24c. (English classics, no. 102-3.) 

-Life of Samuel Johnson. Leach 25c. (Students’ ser. of Eng, 

classics.) 

Contained also, with Macaulay’s Essay on Boswell’s Johnson, in Johnson’s Chief 
lives of the poets. Holt $1.25 net. 

Mackenzie, Robert. America; a history. Nelson $1. 

Marlowe, Christopher. Best plays. Scribner $1.25. (Mermaid 
ser.) 

-Dr Faustus. Routledge 40c. (Morley’s universal lib.) 

-with notes by Wilhelm Wagner. Longmans 60c. (Lon¬ 
don ser. of Eng. classics.) 

Milton, John. Areopagitica. Macmillan 75c. net. (Clarendon 

press ser.) 


















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Milton, John. Areopagitica. Cassell, paper ioc. (Cassell’s nat. 
lib. no. 123.) 

-Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

-Minor poems. Harper, paper 40c.; cloth 56c. (Rolfe’s Eng. 

classics.) 

-L’allegro, II penseroso, Comus and Lycidas. Leach 25c. (Stu¬ 
dents’ ser. of Eng. classics.) 

-American bk co. boards 20c. (Eclectic English classics.) 

-- L’allegro, II penseroso, Comus, Lycidas and Sonnets. Hough¬ 
ton, paper 15c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 72.) 

——- Paradise lost. Houghton 30c. (Salem ed.) 

-Cassell, 2 pts. paper ioc. each. (Cassell’s nat. lib. no. 

162-63.) 

-Books 1-3. Houghton, paper 15c. (Riverside literature 

ser. no. 94.) 

-Samson Agonistes. Maynard, paper 24c. (English classics, 

no. iio-ii.) 

Mitchell, D. G. Reveries of a bachelor. Scribner 75c. (New 
Edgewood ed.) 

Morse, J : T. jr. Abraham Lincoln. 2 v. Houghton $2.50. 
(Amer. statesmen.) 

Parkman, Francis. Pioneers of France in the new world. Little 
$1.50. (Popular ed.) 

Pope, Alexander. Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 
-Selections from Alexander Pope. Macmillan 40c. (Bell’s Eng¬ 
lish classics.) 

-Essay on criticism. Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics, 

no. 26.) 

-Macmillan 50c. net. (Pitt press ser.) 

-Rape of the lock. Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics, no. 55.) 

Prescott, W: H. Conquest of Peru. 2 v. Lippincott, $1. 
(Universal ed.) 

Ruskin, John. Sesame and lilies. Maynard $1.50. (Brantwood ed.) 
-Putnam, 50c. (World’s classics.) 

Schurz, Carl. Henry Clay. 2 v. Houghton $2.50. (Amer. states¬ 
men.) 

Scott, Sir Walter. Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

-Lay of the last minstrel. Harper, paper 20c. (Harper’s half- 

hour ser. no. 114.) 

-Marmion. Leach 35c. (Students’ ser. of English classics.) 

















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Marmion. Cassell, paper ioc. (Cassell’s nat. 

30c. (Globe 


Scott, Sh Walter. 

lib. no. 136.) 

-Marmion and Lord of the Isles. Macmillan 

readings.) 

-Kenilworth. Macmillan $1.25. (Dryburgh ed.) 

-Rob Roy. Macmillan $1.25. (Dryburgh ed.) 

-Woodstock. Macmillan $1.25 (Dryburgh ed.); 40c. (Popular ed.) 

-American bk co. boards 60c. (Eclectic English classics.) 

Shakspere, William. New variorum edition of Shakespeare, ed. by 
H. H. Furness. Lippincott, v. 1-10 $4 each. 

Presents results of an exhaustive collation of texts and gives a full selection of com¬ 
mentary. Invaluable to students and for reference, but not desirable for reading. 


Now ready: 

As you like it 
Hamlet (2 v.) 

King Lear 
Macbeth 

Merchant of Venice 
Works; ed. by Richard 
(Riverside ed.) 


Midsummer night’s dream 
Othello 

Romeo and Juliet 
The tempest 

Grant White. 6 v. Houghton $10. 


Excellent in text, notes, type and paper. Very desirable edition for school or home 
reading. 

-Works; ed. by W. G. Clark and W. A. Wright. Macmillan $1.75. 

(Globe ed.) 

Probably best one volume edition. Type too fine but clear and not worn. Paper 
very thin but good. Text excellent, lines numbered. 

-Works; v. 1, Comedies; v. 2, Histories; v. 3, Tragedies. Mac¬ 
millan, $1.75 each. 3 v. $5. (Victoria ed.) 

The most satisfactory cheap edition. Follows text of Globe ed. Good sized, clear 
type, excellent paper, lines not numbered. 

Separate plays expurgated for school use: 

Edited by W. J. Rolfe. Harper, paper 40c.; cloth 56c. 

Edited by H: N. Hudson. Ginn, paper 30c.; cloth 45c. (New 
school Shakespeare.) 

Edited by Brainerd Kellogg. Maynard 30c. (English classics.) 

The following plays are called for in the regents reading courses: 

As you like it, King Lear, Macbeth, Merchant of Venice, Midsummer night’s dream, 
Richard 3, The tempest. These may be obtained, edited by W. A. Wright, in the 
Clarendon press ser. Macmillan, at from 30 to 40 cents each. As you like it, Macbeth, 
Merchant of Venice and Midsummer night’s dream are also published by the American 
book co. boards 20c. each , and except Macbeth, still in preparation, by Longmans, 60c. 
each (English classics ser.). As you like it, ed. by R. G. White, is published by 
Houghton in the Riverside literature ser. no. 93 , paper 15c. 











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Shelley, P. B. Poetical works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

-Skylark, Adonais and other poems. Maynard, paper 10c. (Eng¬ 
lish classics, no. 85.) 

Contains The cloud. 

-Prometheus unbound, with Adonais, The cloud, Hymn to intel¬ 
lectual beauty and an exhortation. Cassell, paper 10c. (Cas¬ 
sell's nat. lib. no. 108.) 

Sheridan, R : B. Dramatic works. Macmillan $1.40. (Bohn’s 
standard lib.) 

-The school for scandal a?id The rivals. Cassell, paper 10c. (Cas- 

sel’s nat. lib. no. 6.) 

Smith, Goldwin. The moral crusader, Wiiliam Lloyd Garrison. 
Funk $1. 

Southey, Robert. Life of Nelson. Ginn, boards 50c. (Classics 
for children.) 

-Routledge 40c. (Universal lib. no. 34.) 

-Cassell, paper 10c. (Cassell’s nat. lib. no. 213.) 

Spenser, Edmund. Complete works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

-Faery queene, book 1; ed. by G. W. Kitchin. Macmillan 60c. 

net. (Clarendon press ser.) 

-Fairie queene, book 1; with introd. and notes by H. M. Per- 

cival. Macmillan 50c. (English classics.) 

-Cantos 1-2. Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics, 

no. 27.) 

Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver’s travels. Routledge $1. (Caris- 
brook lib.) 

-Houghton, 2 pts. paper 15c. each; 1 v. cloth 40c. (River¬ 
side literature ser. no. 89-90.) 

-ed. for schools. Ginn, boards 35c. (Classics for children.) 

Tennyson, Alfred. Works. Macmillan $1.75. (Globe ed.) 

Complete, with authorized revisions. Gives the Idyls of the king in order of Tenny¬ 
son’s final arrangement. 

-Enoch Arden, and other poems. Houghton, paper 15c. (River¬ 
side literature ser. no. 73.) 

--Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics, no. 30.) 

-In memoriam; ed. by W. J. Rolfe. Houghton 75c. 

-The princess. Houghton 75c. (Students’ ed.) 

-Leach 35c. (Students’ ser. of Eng. classics.) 

-The princess, Maud, Locksley Hall and The talking oak. 

Houghton 40c. (Modern classics, school ed.) 


















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Thackeray, W : M. Henry Esmond. Houghton $1.50. (Illus. 
lib. ed.) 

-Crowell $1. (Standard ed.) 

-The Newcomes. 2 v. Houghton $3. (Illus. lib. ed.) 

-Crowell $1. (Standard lib.) 

Thomson, James. Poems. Houghton $1.50. (Riverside ed.) 

-The seasons and The castle of indolence; ed. by J. L. Robertson. 

Macmillan $1.10 7 iet. 

Warner, C: D. Backlog studies. Houghton $1. (Riverside 
Aldine ser. no. 10.) 

Webster, Daniel. Select speeches. Heath $1.50. (Heath’s Eng. 
classics.) 

-First Bunker Hill oration, and Adams and Jefferson. Houghton, 

paper 15c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 56.) 

-Bunker Hill orations. Maynard, paper 12c. (English classics, 

no. 44.) 

Whittier, J : G. Complete poetical works. Houghton $2. (Cam¬ 
bridge ed.) 

The only one volume edition complete and latest revisions. Contains also a bio¬ 
graphic sketch. 

-Snowbound, Among the hills, Songs of labor and other poems. 

Houghton, paper 15c.; cloth 25c.; (Riverside literature ser. 
no. 4.) 

Wordsworth, William. Complete poetical works. Crowell $1. 
(Standard lib.) 

- On the intimations of immortality, and other poems. Houghton, 

paper 15c. (Riverside literature ser. no. 76.) 










128 UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

University of the State of New York 

A PROPER STANDARD FOR PUBLIC LIBRARIES 

The University law of 1892 authorizes the payment of local sub¬ 
sidies to libraries registered by the regents as maintaining a proper 
library standard, and directs the apportionment of public library 
money under regents rules. 

While the approval of any library must depend on the report of the 
official inspector, the following statement is issued to direct attention 
to the points likely to come under review. 

Free public libraries to be registered by the University as main¬ 
taining a proper standard must meet the following requirements: 

1 Each library must be in charge of trustees duly incorporated un¬ 
der state law, or must belong to an institution in the University. 

2 The selection of books as a whole must be approved for literary 
merit and educational value, and as representing in due proportion 
the different classes of literature and as adapted to the wants of the 
community. 

3 Provision for support must be sufficient for frequent addition of 
new books as well as to meet other current expenses. 

4 The library must be . open at a fixed time and in charge of a 
competent attendant at least one hour on three days of each week; 
in villages of 2,000 or more inhabitants it must be open at least two 
hours daily for not less than six days of each week; and in villages 
or cities of 10,000 or more inhabitants it must be open at least six 
hours daily. 

To be counted as public, a college or academy library must be 
open at least six hours daily while classes are in session, and in vaca¬ 
tion must be open at least one hour on each of three days of each 
week. 

These rules do not require any library to be kept open on legal 
holidays or Sundays. 

In special circumstances connected with starting or reorganizing a 
library, on approval of the regents, the requirements as to hours of 
opening may be modified till the library is more firmly established. 

5 An accession book must be kept in which shall be recorded the 
date of accession, the author, title and cost of each book added. 
There must be besides some suitable catalogue for readers, which 
may be either an author index, a shelf list or a subject catalogue. 


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6 Books must be arranged on the shelves by some well considered 
system that will group subjects by themselves and place books in 
order in each subject. The character of the classification will depend 
on the size of the library and local conditions. 

7 The loan system in use must provide (a) that every book lent be 
charged to its borrower, with the date of borrowing; (b) that the 
circulation of each day be recorded, with a separate statement of the 
number of volumes of fiction lent. 

The above simple rules of business management are deemed essen¬ 
tial to the security and usefulness of the books in any public library, 
and, if carefully observed, will be a guarantee to the public that the 
libraries are rendering valuable service in return for the aid given. 

TRAVELING LIBRARIES 

Extension of educational facilities. The regents may cooperate 
with other agencies in bringing within the reach of the people at 
large increased educational opportunities and facilities, by stimulating 
interest, recommending methods, designating suitable teachers and 
lecturers, lending necessary books and apparatus, conducting examina¬ 
tions and granting credentials and otherwise aiding such work. No 
money appropriated by the state for this work shall be expended in 
paying for services or expenses of teachers or lecturers. 

Loans of books from the state. Under such rules as the 
regents may prescribe, they may lend from the state library, duplicate 
department, or from books specially given or bought for this purpose, 
selections of books for a limited time to any public library in this 
state under visitation of the regents, or to any community not yet 
having established such library, but which has conformed to the con¬ 
ditions required for such loans. [Laws of 1892, ch. 378, §14^47.) 

Under this authority many carefully prepared lists of 50 or 100 
fresh and popular books suited to different communities and different 
classes have been issued. In some a large proportion of standard 
works is included; others contain only the books of a given year. 
About 30 per cent are works of fiction, with 10 to 20 per cent each 
of biography, travel and history. Popular science, sociology and gen¬ 
eral literature are well represented. 

The smaller libraries may be combined with selections of 25 or 50 
volumes of the best books on special subjects, adapted to the needs 
of extension centers, study clubs, lecture courses and reading circles. 

Rules for the loan of libraries 

1 On satisfactory guarantee that all regents rules will be complied 
with, a traveling library may be lent to any public library under visi¬ 
tation of the regents on application of its trustees. 


130 UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 

2 Under like conditions a traveling library may be lent to a com¬ 
munity on application of 25 resident taxpayers or of the officers of 
an extension center, club, course or circle, if registered by the 
regents; provided that the applicants also agree that as soon as pub¬ 
lic interest will warrant such action, they will take steps to establish 
a free public library as provided in laws of 1892, ch. 378, § 36. 
The applicants shall name a responsible owner of real estate, to act 
as trustee of said library and he must become personally responsible 
for any loss or injury beyond reasonable wear. This trustee shall 
designate a suitable person to be librarian. 

3 A fee of $5 for 100 or $3 for 50 volumes shall be paid in 
advance for suitable cases, printed catalogues, necessary blanks and 
records, and transportation both ways. If the right to borrow books 
is to be limited to members of a center or club, a double fee must 
be paid; i. e. only 50 volumes for $5 or 25 for $3 will be sent. 

4 Such precaution shall be taken in packing as to guard effectively 
against injury in transportation. 

5 Notes, corrections of the press, or marks of any kind on books 
belonging to the library are unconditionally forbidden. Borrowing 
trustees will be held responsible for all losses or injuries beyond 
reasonable wear, however caused. 

6 The traveling library shall not be kept longer than six months 
after its reception, except by special permission. It may be ex¬ 
changed for another on the same terms and these exchanges may 
continue as long as the regents rules are observed. 

7 The librarian shall care for the books while under his control 
and circulate them in accordance with the regents rules, and shall 
make such reports respecting their use as the regents may require. 

8 For wilful violation of any library rule the director may suspend 
the privilege of state loans till the case is considered by the regents 
committee. 

Young people’s libraries 

Selections of the best juvenile literature have been grouped in 
libraries of 25 volumes each, with annotated finding lists. The fee 
for one of these libraries alone is $2, but when sent with another 
library of 50 or 100 volumes the fee for the young people’s library is $1. 

Annotated lists of libraries will be sent on request, and inquiries 
for information or advice will be promptly answered if directed to 
Public libraries division, University of the State of New 
York, Albany, N. Y. 



University of the State of New York 

Object. The object of the University as defined by law is to encour¬ 
age and promote education in advance of the common elementary 
branches. Its field includes not only the work of academies, colleges, 
universities, professional and technical schools, but also educational work 
connected with libraries, museums, university extension courses and 
similar agencies. 

The University is a supervisory and administrative, not a teaching 
institution. It is a state department and at the same time a federation 
of 653 institutions of higher and secondary education. 

Government. The University is governed and all its corporate 
powers exercised by 19 elective regents and by the governor, lieutenant- 
governor, secretary of state and superintendent of public instruction who 
are ex officio regents. Regents are elected in the same manner as United 
States senators; they are unsalaried and are the only public officers in 
New York chosen for life. 

The elective officers are a chancellor and a vice-chancellor, who serve 
without salary, and a secretary. The secretary is the executive and 
financial officer, is under official bonds for $10,000, is responsible for the 
safe keeping and proper use of the University seal and of the books, 
records and other property in charge of the regents, and for the proper 
administration and discipline of its various offices and departments. 

Powers and duties. Besides many other important powers and 
duties, the regents have power to incorporate, and to alter or revoke the 
charters of universities, colleges, academies, libraries, museums, or other 
educational institutions; to distribute to them funds granted by the state 
for their use; to inspect their workings and require annual reports under 
oath of their presiding officers; to establish examinations as to attain¬ 
ments in learning and confer on successful candidates suitable certificates, 
diplomas and degrees, and to confer honorary degrees. 

They apportion annually an academic fund of $106,000, part for buy¬ 
ing books and apparatus for academies and high schools raising an equal 
amount for the same purpose, and the remainder on the basis of attend¬ 
ance and the results of instruction as shown by satisfactory completion of 
prescribed courses for which the regents examinations afford the official 
test. Each school of academic grade also receives $100 yearly. The 
regents also expend annually $25,000 for the benefit of free public libraries. 

Regents meetings. Regu'ar meetings are held on the third Thurs¬ 
days of October, December and March, and in June during convocation 
week. The executive committee, consisting of the chancellor, vice- 
chancellor and the chairmen of the six standing committees, meets the 
third Thursday of each month from October to June. 

Convocation. The University convocation of the regents and the 
officers of institutions in the University, for consideration of subjects of 
mutual interest, has been held annually since 1863 in the senate chamber 
in Albany. It meets the last Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of June. 

Though primarily a New York meeting, nearly all questions discussed 
are of equal interest outside the state. Its reputation as the most im¬ 
portant higher educational meeting of the country has in the past few 
years drawn to it many eminent educators not residents of New York, 
who are most cordially welcomed and share fully in all discussions. It 
elects each year a council of five to represent it in intervals between 
meetings. Its proceedings, issued annually, are of great value in all 
educational libraries. 



Departments 

1 Administrative (Regents office) - including incorporation, supervision, inspec¬ 
tion, reports, legislation, finances and all other work not assigned to another 
department. 

Duplicate division. This is a state clearing house, to which any institution'in the 
University may send books or apparatus which it no longer requires, and select from i 
in return an equal value suited to its locality and needs. 

2 Examination— including preacademic, law student, medical, dental and veterinary 
student, academic, higher, law, medical, dental, veterinary, library, extension and any 
other examinations conducted by the regents, and also credentials or degrees conferred 

The examinations are conducted as the best lever for securing better work from 
teachers and more systematic and continuous study from students, and as the best means 
of detecting and eliminating inefficient teachers or methods. They cover 130 subjects 
and require .,500,000 question papers annually, and are held the week ending the last 
Friday in January and March and the third Friday in June, in the 552 academies and 
high schools in the University and also at various central points where there are 10 or 

more candidates. 

, Extension— including summer, vacation, evening and correspondence schools and 
other forms of extension teaching, lecture courses, study clubs, reading circles and other 
agencies for the promotion and wider extension of opportunities and facilities for educa¬ 
tion, specially-for those unable to attend the usual teaching institutions. 

Public libraries division. To promote the general library interests of the state, which 
through it apportions and expends $25,000 a year for the benefit of free public libraries. 
Under its charge are the traveling libraries for lending to local libraries or to commum- 

ties not yet having permanent libraries. . 

The most important factor of the extension movement is provision of the best reading 
for all citizens by means of traveling, home and capitol libraries and annotated lists 
through the public libraries division. 

4 State library-including general, law, medical, and education libraries, library 
school, bibliographic publications, lending books to students and similar library interests. 

Library school. The law authorizes the state library to give instruction and assistance 
in organizing and administering libraries. Students receive from the state library staff, 
in return for services rendered to the library during their two years’ course, careful 
training in library economy, bibliography, cataloguing, classification and other duties of 
professional librarianship. 

s State museum-including all scientific specimens and collections, works of art 
objects of historic interest and similar property appropriate to a general museum, if 
owned by the state and not placed in other custody by a specific law; also the research 
department carried on by the state geologist and paleontologist, botanist and entomo o- 
gist, and all similar scientific interests of the University. 












